Tony Bombardo
New member
Hey Everyone,
I'm still in the process of learning all the ins and outs of Creo Parametric and I've got a bit of a weird behavior going on that I'm assuming is fixable if someone could maybe help me understand it a bit better...
Coming from a Creo Elements Direct background, I'm used to being able to create an assembly, have something like two sheet metal pieces lay flat against each other, then punch a hole in each part at the exact same location for a fastener to go through (Here's a simpler example: I have a 1x1" block with a .5" hole in the center. I then create another 1x1 block with no hole in it. I then assemble both blocks stacked on top of each other and try to use the geometry of the first block's hole to punch the same hole into block two. The result is a stack of two blocks with holes in them that are aligned to each other perfectly. However when I right-click block two in the model tree and click "open" , the part that opens is still the original no-hole block)
I just tried this in Parametric but I noticed that the part I punched the holes in doesn't update or retain those holes in it's original model file when I open it, so I'm left with a part change that doesn't seem to carry over into any files that I could then go and create new prints of.
My theory here is that when I create an extruded hole in the parts in my assembly, I'm more just creating a feature rather than actually changing the part (even though it looks like it) ? any way around this?
The more I learn about Creo Parametric, the more I like it, but I also miss a lot about Direct...
I'm still in the process of learning all the ins and outs of Creo Parametric and I've got a bit of a weird behavior going on that I'm assuming is fixable if someone could maybe help me understand it a bit better...
Coming from a Creo Elements Direct background, I'm used to being able to create an assembly, have something like two sheet metal pieces lay flat against each other, then punch a hole in each part at the exact same location for a fastener to go through (Here's a simpler example: I have a 1x1" block with a .5" hole in the center. I then create another 1x1 block with no hole in it. I then assemble both blocks stacked on top of each other and try to use the geometry of the first block's hole to punch the same hole into block two. The result is a stack of two blocks with holes in them that are aligned to each other perfectly. However when I right-click block two in the model tree and click "open" , the part that opens is still the original no-hole block)
I just tried this in Parametric but I noticed that the part I punched the holes in doesn't update or retain those holes in it's original model file when I open it, so I'm left with a part change that doesn't seem to carry over into any files that I could then go and create new prints of.
My theory here is that when I create an extruded hole in the parts in my assembly, I'm more just creating a feature rather than actually changing the part (even though it looks like it) ? any way around this?
The more I learn about Creo Parametric, the more I like it, but I also miss a lot about Direct...